My Mane Squeeze with Luis Saez wins the Eight Belles (G2) at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., on May 3, 2024 Anne M. Eberhardt My Mane Squeeze with Luis Saez wins the Eight Belles (G2) at Churchill ...

With storm clouds rolling in over Louisville, Ky., on Friday afternoon, Churchill Downs pushed the post time for the Grade 2 $600,000 Eight Belles Stakes up by eight minutes, but Look Forward ran as ...

On Time Girl got back to her winning ways in the $680,000 Eight Belles Stakes (G2) May 1 at Churchill Downs. Trainer Brad Cox could have run her in the Kentucky Oaks (G1) later on the card, but was ...

Albaugh Family Stables’ On Time Girl, winner of the Fern Creek last fall at Churchill Downs and Forward Gal (G3) in January at Gulfstream Park, heads a deep field of nine 3-year-old fillies for the ...

Michael Amoruso Promise Me Silver (right), under Robby Albarado, outkicks Callback to run her record to 8 for 8 by winning the Eight Belles. LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Promise Me Silver entered Friday’s ...

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The cool efficiency that marked the end of Eight Belles was more the norm, a cruel reminder on the biggest of all stages that racing can be a deadly sport. Say what you will about the sport of kings, ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Triumph turned to tragedy for trainer Larry Jones on Saturday as the brilliant filly Eight Belles suffered a fatal injury after finishing second to Big Brown in the 134th Kentucky ...

The horse broke her two front ankles and was euthanized after finishing second. Track personnel try to hold down Eight Belles after the 134th Kentucky Derby Saturday at Churchill Downs in Louisville, ...